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11%OFFIna Caro - Paris to the Past: Traveling through French History by Train - 9780393078947 - V9780393078947
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Paris to the Past: Traveling through French History by Train

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Description for Paris to the Past: Traveling through French History by Train Hardcover. "I'd rather go to France with Ina Caro than with Henry Adams or Henry James."-Peter Prescott, Newsweek Num Pages: 400 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; WTH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 169 x 32. Weight in Grams: 728.
In one of the most inventive travel books in years, Ina Caro invites readers on twenty-five one-day train trips that depart from Paris and transport us back through seven hundred years of French history. Whether taking us to Orléans to evoke the miraculous visions of Joan of Arc, to Versailles to experience the flamboyant achievements of Louis XIV, or to the Place de la Concorde to witness the beheading of Marie Antoinette, Caro animates history with her lush descriptions of architectural splendors and tales of court intrigue. Organizing her destinations chronologically from twelfth-century Saint-Denis to the nineteenth-century Restoration at Chantilly, ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393078947
SKU
V9780393078947
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Ref
99-15

About Ina Caro
Ina Caro, author of the best-selling The Road from the Past, is an authority on medieval and modern French history. She lives in New York with her husband, the acclaimed biographer Robert A. Caro.

Reviews for Paris to the Past: Traveling through French History by Train
"It is hard to imagine a more enchanting or more brilliantly conceived book. With Ina Caro as your guide, you will fall in love with French history. Ancient castles and cathedrals come to life through her marvelous stories; biographical gems capture the lives of memorable kings and queens. But most of all, you will fall in love with Ina Caro ... Read more

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